Hanger support



May 17, 1932. M. VICTVORSOH N HANGER SUPPORT Filed Feb. 11, 1928 Iilrllllll! Iii q |NVENTO\R Marl WITNESSES I my E m m0 WA W Patented May 17, 1932 UNITED STATES A NT- OFFICE MORRIS vrcronsonN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNon'ro vicronsoN MANUFACTURING. CORPORATION, on NEW YORK,'N. Y., a CORPORATION on NEW Yonx HANGER snrron'r Application filed February ll, 1928. Serial No. 253,609.

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Another object is to provide a hanger support which may be conveniently attached to the interior of. a suitcase, and which, when in position, will eifectivelyprevent inadvertent disengagement of hangers therefrom in spite of careless handling. of the suitcase.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a supporting device of this nature in which a clothes hanger with garments thereonflmay be very quickly mounted, and a hanger support of rugged, durable construction.

With the above noted and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel-features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and pointed out in'the claims. The invention may be more fully understood from the following descrip tion in, connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein i Fig.- 1 is a perspective view showing an open suitcase equipped with my improved hanger supporting devices and showing a hanger mounted therein. r V Fig.v 2is a sectional plan view on the line 2+2 of Fig. 1. l V

Fig. 3 is aperspective view showing one of the hanger. supporting devices and the end of an adjacent hanger adapted to be mounted therein. V

Fig. 4 isa plan view of the blank from which the hangersupport is formed.

The construction of the hanger support may perhaps be best understood from an observation of the blank of Fig. 4, and the perspective view of Fig. 3. The blank includes what may be termed a body portion 10 hav mg integral with opposite sides thereof sections l1 and '12. Thesesections are in the nature of metallic stripes, the strip 12 being materially longer than the section 11. Both strips are adaptedto be bent over at right angles tothe body along the dotted lines in-- dicated at 11a and 12a in Fig. 4. The ends, of the strip 12 project laterally a considerable distance beyond the body 10,.and the ends ofjthe strip 11 are defined by slits l3 entering the body 10 at right angles to the bending lines; 11a and 12. These slits 13 not only define the ends of the bendable strip 11, but also partially define the outline of cars 14:

integral with the ends of the body,

'In the bending operation, the strips 11 and 12 .are bent along the lines 11a and 12a re spectively until they lie in parallel spaced relationship as seen in Fig. 3. One end 126 of the strip 12 may then be curved around until it abuts the end bf the strip 11. The other end 120 ofthe strip l2 is preferably bent only part of the way around, leaving an opening at 15 between the adjacent end pf the strip 11 and the end of the extension With the blank bent into this formation, itrwill be seen that there is provided an open sided pocket, the top of which is defined by the strip 11, the bottom by the strip 12. One end of the pocket is closed by the extension 126, and the other end of the pocketis sub stantially closed by the strip 120, this member however, being raised above the top of the pocket to provide the opening 15, and

to serve as a guide member, so that a hanger trunnion 16 slid rearwardly along the top of the-pocket will pass through the opening 15 into the pocket.

The rear wall of the pocket is of: course defined by the relatively shallowbody 10 and Various changes. and

of the hanger devices secured to the front and rear walls of the body adjacent one end thereof, so that the suitcase may serve in effect as a wardrobe trunk when a clothes hanger 19 is mounted in the hanger supports.

The hanger 19 may be 0t any convenient or conventional construction, and the trunnions 16 may be applied thereto in any suit-.. able manner. One. cheap. method of forming the trunnions. is to. simply flatten one end of a short'length of wire as at 20 and rivet this flattened end as at 21 to the hanger 19 leaving the unflattened projecting end 16 of the wire to constitute the trunnion or supporting arm for the hanger.

In Fig. 1 I- have shown a single hanger in position between two ofmy improved; supporting devices, while in Fig. 2 I have 1llus-' trated apair-of hangers in position. It will be obvious that the hangers areheld against accidental'loss ordisplacement, particularly when garments are mounted thereon, since the garments themselves tend to restrict movement of" the hangers, and the shape of the hanger supporting devices makes itextremely" difficultfor a hanger to work its way out of the pockets;

It will be obvious that if desired the strip extension 12?) might beleft open in the same manner that the extension 120' isleft open.

It will also be apparent'that if desired both;

strip ends could be closed and a slot cut in the upper strip 11' to permit the dropping of a trunnion into. place. 7 alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of theparts described-without departing from the invention; Hence I do not wish to limit myse'lfto the details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within thespirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 7 I 1 A hanger; support for-med of'a metal blank and comprising an elongated pocket memberopen at one side, extensions integral with the rear wallet the pocket member for anclioring the same toa support, and said member having an openingin its topthrough which the tr-unnionsof-garment hangers may be dropped'intothe pocket.- 2: A hanger support formed of a metal blank and comprising an elongated pocket member open atone side, extensions integral with the rear wall of the pocket memberfor anchoring the same to a support, saidmember having an opening in its-top through which the 'trunnions of garment: hangers may be d ro ped into .the pocket, the toprmd bottom of-t 1e pocket being formed" by: strips integral with the rear wall otthepocket an'd bent over intospaced substantially parallel relationship, 7 r g f 32 A, hanger support formed of ametal blank and comprising an elongated pocket member open at one side, extensions integral with the rear wall of the pocket member for anchoring the same to a support, said member having an opening in its top through which the trunnions of garment hangers may be dropped into the pocket, the top; and, bottom of thepocketbeingformed bystrips integral with. the rear wall of the pocket and bent over into spaced substantially parallel relationship, the lower strip being longer" than" the upper one and having its ends bent upwardly to define the end walls of the pocket.

el. A hanger support formed of a metal blank and. comprising an elongated pocket member open at one side, extensions integral pocket, one of said ends "abuttingthe end of theupper strip, the other of saidends' extending above andbeing spaced from the upper strip to: define said: opening.

5. A deviceadaptedto support one trim- ,n-ion of' a trunnionedgarment hanger, said. device comprisingan: attanhing-portion 01 attaching the-device to a suitcase wall or the like, an elongated retainer and guide integral with the attaching portion, and in which the trunnion mayhave. movement in opposite directions, said retainer and guide having abottom which serves as a support for the trunnion, said retainer and guide having a top which is soconstructed that the trunnion may be removed therethrough after it hasbeen brought to a predetermined position within'said' retainer'and guide, the

top of said; guide havinga restricted opening therein through which removal or in sertion of saidtrunnion-may be'eflt'ectedl,

6. A hanger supporting devicecomprising an element having a laterally elongated hanger trunnion receiving opening, a portion of said element. serving for the purposeof attaohin the device, said"elementbein g provided wlth ends and a'fl'at bottom'portion on which the trunnion may rest-in sliding contact and said element being provided with atop. plate portion which isprovided? with an opening for receiving the trunnion therethrough. p

Signed at New York cityin'thecounty of New York and State of New Yorkthis 9th day of February,A. 11119282. Y

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